I remember this day. I was 10. (Or use present tense: I am 10 years old…)
Do you write letters to someone (and not emails?) Have you ever written letters to someone? Why? Why not?
You and a friend have decided to try and follow a rainbow to see if the end holds a pot of gold. But when you finally reach the end, you find something much more valuable than a pot of gold—and it changes your life. Write about it.
A time to become a superhero. What special skills are needed today?
I am so sad that my mother is not here anymore. The brooch is beautiful, but I don't really need it. I wish I had her courage.
1. Personal story: Write about “The _ that my (had/told/did/made...)” (The courage that my mother had, the jokes that my father told, the sound that my little brother made when…) the icecream that my mother ate/made
2. Look at the photos below. Try to write a short FICTION story. The photo is your starting point...
Symphony Space Address: Corner of Broadway and 95 St.
First reading: Thur, Feb 2. Actors read the stories below (see PDFs)
Juan
Swe
Laura
Kazumi
Erick
Guissel
Yvette
Yolette
Maria Pilar
WRITING PROMPTS
Writing help from Writing Exercises:
"Three random nouns"
Dialogue generator
Time/Location/... setting
I am so sad that my mother is not here anymore. The brooch is beautiful, but I don't really need it. I wish I had her courage.
1. Personal story: Write about “The _ that my (had/told/did/made...)”
(The courage that my mother had, the jokes that my father told, the sound that my little brother made when…) the icecream that my mother ate/made
2. Look at the photos below. Try to write a short FICTION story. The photo is your starting point...
Symphony Space Address: Corner of Broadway and 95 St.
First reading: Thur, Feb 2. Actors read the stories below (see PDFs)
Symphony Space Reading:
Poems:
The Courage that my mother had (courage =
: the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerousThe poem is about a mother and her daugher/her son.
The mother is dead.
The daughter has her mother's golden brooch.
She likes it, but it's something she could spare
something she doesn't really need.=She wants her mother's courage.
The daughter seems to be scared.
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Medium length:
Longer pieces:
(Rom)
(H)
(Ac)
(Com)
What makes a woman strong?
* a healthy mind
* happiness
* family
* life experience
* having children
* money
* mistakes
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Who do you admire? (
respect a lot)=Politics
Entertainment
Social
Other
Scientists
. Angela Merkel (German Chancellor)
Suu Kyi (Myanmar)
Malala
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* Meryl Streep
* Jane Fonda
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.Sophie Marchant??
Melissa McCarthy
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Mother Teresa
* our mothers and grandmothers
If you were a man, what would you do? What would be different?
If you were a woman, what would you do? What would be different?
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If I were a man.... (this) would be different. I would go, I would do, I would find... Guissel would be happy, because her life would be easier
I I were a woman... I would like this I would not like this.... I would think that life is more difficult I would have a lot to do
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What would you do?
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